Social Security health bill clears House for Senate
The Social Security health care bill moves to the Senate after a 307 to 116 House vote. It expands hospital, nursing home, and doctor bill protections for Americans 65 and older, boosts retroactive benefits by 7 percent, and raises payroll taxes starting next year. Checks totaling about 885 million are planned for mid September for over 20 million beneficiaries. Benefits begin in October for the first regular payments reflecting the increase.
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Washington
House
Senate
White House
Johnson
Congress
Social Security Administration
Franklin D. Roosevelt
LBJ Seeks Leaders’ Input on Vietnam War Plans
President Johnson convenes Cabinet and plans meetings with Democratic and Republican leaders to decide on increasing manpower and equipment in Vietnam. Reports say reserves and draft calls may rise as officials study Taylor and Westmoreland briefs. Governors comment on ongoing crisis and need for candor from State Department.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Robert S. McNamara
Viet Nam
South
Moyers
Maxwell D. Taylor
William C. Westmoreland
Westmoreland
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Minneapolis
John Connally
Texas
Dominican Republic
Republican ‘Governors’ Conference
Robert E. Smylie
Idaho
State Department
Rend Lake Water Contracts Near HHFA Submission
Rend Lake Inter-City Water System contracts for supplying water to five counties are to be submitted next week to the Housing and Home Finance Agency for approval. Attorney Wayne Lewis says final details and rare structures are being worked out with a St. Louis bonding firm before sending to Chicago. Cities Mt. Vernon and McLeansboro have agreed to consider Rend Lake water purchases.
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Rend Lake Inter- City
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Rend Lake Water Conservancy District
HHFA
Wayne Lewis
Benton
Conservancy District
St. Louis
Bonding
Chicago
Lewis
Williamson
Jefferson
Franklin
Perry
Hamilton
Mt. Vernon
McLeansboro
Petitions Prepare Date Set for Southern St Area Junior College Vote
Last night the group decided October 1 as the deadline to prepare petitions and to instruct attorneys to clear the path for an election on a proposed Southern St. Area Junior College, marking the targeted date as the plan.
Legal rules outlined for Southern Illinois junior college vote
A Mt. Vernon attorney and committee member outlined election rules that would affect the outcome. Don Musick, expected to be named a lawyer for the screening committee, explained three requirements: the issue must win a majority in both incorporated and unincorporated areas and also carry any existing junior college district within the district.
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Ilinois Area
Mt. Vernon
Don Musick
Counties Added to Screening Panel Working Area
A screening committee selected six counties for inclusion in its original working area. The counties are Jefferson Franklin Wayne Hamilton Perry and Williamson. The vote occurred at a meeting held at Roth.
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Jefferson
Franklin
Wayne
Hamilton
Perry
Williamson
Roth
King Leads 10000 in Chicago March for School Change
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr headlines a Chicago march estimated at 10,000 to press for removal of Schools Superintendent Benjamin C. Willis and to push Mayor Daley to address segregated schooling. The parade moved from Grant Park to City Hall, with King planning a Cleveland swing afterward.
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Chicago
Martin Luther King Jr
City Hall
Tin la Salle Street
Atlanta
State
Madison Streets
King
Cleveland
Ohio
Philadelphia
Washington
Grant Park
Lake Shore
Benjamin C. Willis
Richard J. Daley
Ben Willis
Daley
Detroit
National League of Cities
Prizes on Egg Bonus Days Contest on Farm Products
Mt Vernon hosts Egg Bonus Days August 13 and 14 with $300 in merchandise across 30 categories plus three $10 prize packages from King City retailers. Entries shown Friday in the county courthouse lobby then judged Saturday with winners announced. Categories include Largest Hen Egg Largest Duck Egg Largest Goose Egg and many more led by sponsors such as Corps Dept Store Kro ger Sears Singer and Albert’s among others.
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Jefferson County
Mt. Vernon
Register-News
King City
County Court House
Court House
Corps Dept. Store
Krogers
Singer Sewing Center
Martinizing Cleaners
Webb’s Book Store
Rose’s. Farmer
Fashion Shop
Sea's Roebuck & Co
Mt. Vernon Tire Service
Douglas Rexall Drugs
Featherstun Appliance
G. C. Murphy
P. N
Ben Franklin
Jordan Furniture Store
Hoyt’s Casual Shop
Rechter's
Benoist Bros. Hardware
Musgrove Shoe Store
Alberts
Hamilton County Fair Opens Monday With Horse Races
The Hamilton County Fair starts Monday August 2 for five days of farm events and horse racing ending Friday August 6 with the beauty queen contest. Total premiums reach 25754 dollars across beef and dairy cattle sheep swine junior livestock pony show and racing with 400 purses in three all Illinois bred races Tuesday night.
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the Register News
Mcleansboro
Hamilton County
Illinois Racing Board
Millstadt Post Office Robbery Loss Reported
Postal authorities said $15,000 in cash and stamps were taken in the Millstadt Post Office robbery over the weekend. The building sustained $3,000 in damage after locks on the front and rear doors were forced and a safe was broken open.
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Millstadt
Rent Subsidy Plan Receives Senate OK
The 7.5 billion housing bill advanced by the Senate includes a rent subsidy for low income families. It would fund new programs and extend existing housing efforts for four years, with subsidies totaling 350 million dollars. Eligibility targets include families under public housing standards, the elderly, disabled, and disaster or displacement cases. Submarkets would receive federal payments to nonprofit landlords. private landlords receive none.
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Washington
Senate
Set Electricity Record July 23
Illinois Power Company customers used 22,241,000 kilowatt hours by midnight Friday July 23 breaking the prior daily record set on August 3 1964 by 1 425 000 kilowatt hours. Extreme heat and humidity kept fans and air conditioners running around the clock as demand also spiked to a new one hour peak of 1 182 000 kilowatts versus 1 096 000 in 1964.
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Illinois Power Company
Bones Found In Burned Store Used To Link Conn Man
Police and fire officials in Greenup Illinois and Connecticut investigated human bones found in ashes of a burned store in Cumberland County. A Connecticut car with Connecticut plates tied to Newton Monk 25 Westport was found outside Velway Park. Detectives examined bones and gold dentures while probing if Monk was in the building when the arson fire started en route to the University of Arizona.
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Greenup, Ill
Connecticut
Tlinois
Cumberland County
Newton Monk
Westport
Conn
Velway Park
Greenup
Monk
University of Arizona
Wisconsin Assembly OKs higher minimum wage for men
The Wisconsin Assembly passed a bill setting a $1.25 per hour minimum wage for men by a 79 to 15 vote. The law would not cover all job classifications and current state rules already target women and children in communities over 10,000 with a $1.10 rate.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Assembly
Wisconsin
Planes Lost In Low Level Raid Over North Vietnam
Four U S Air Force fighters attacked two surface to air missile sites near Hanoi. Three FG fighter bombers were shot down by intense ground fire. The strike aimed at mobile SAM sites and involved other aircraft protecting the mission. Officials said one new site was destroyed and the other damaged. The action sought to disrupt depots barracks and supply lines aiding infiltration into South Vietnam.
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Pentagon
Hanoi
U. S
U.S
Asst
Arthur Sylvester
Sylvester
Air Force
Defense Department
IMC
Cuba
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Lull In Viet Ground War Near Cambodian Border
A unit of South Vietnamese irregulars clashed with about 150 Viet Cong guerrillas near the Cambodian border. A U.S. spokesman said government casualties were very light. Viet Cong losses were not known as U.S. special forces advisers supported the South Vietnamese action.
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Edwin Q. White
Saigon
South Viet’ Nam
U.S
Iany
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